The Monitor
2011 · Movie · R · 93 min · ★ 5.8 · 71% critics
In Oslo, a mother and her young son move into a vast apartment building after a traumatic event. As fear and uncertainty follow them into their new home, she relies on a baby monitor to keep watch at night, only to find her anxiety growing with every sound.
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Details
- Original title
- Babycall
- Years
- 2011
- Release date
- 2011-10-07
- Language
- Norwegian
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Critic score
- 71/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.8/10 (156 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a tense, intimate thriller about fear at home and what you hear in the dark, similar in mood to The Signal or Angel of Mine; Not for you if you prefer fast-paced action.
Pros: tense, uneasy atmosphere; strong psychological suspense; creepy everyday setup | Cons: slow-burn pacing; heavy, anxious tone; limited action
Themes
- paranoia
- apartment building
- social services
- oslo, norway
- baby monitor
- overprotective mother
- mother son relationship
- traumatized woman
Cast & crew
Noomi Rapace
as Anna
Vetle Qvenild Werring
as Anders
Kristoffer Joner
as Helge
Stig R. Amdam
as Ole
Maria Bock
as Grete
- TH
Torkil Høeg
as Nabogutten
Henrik Rafaelsen
as Male Doctor
- TN
Tom Hugo Nielsen
as School Inspector
- ME
Mona Engh
as Secretary
Eva Zeidler
as Helge's Mother
Directed by Pål Sletaune